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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@md5i.com>,
	dan.colascione@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
	juri@jurta.org, chad <yandros@mit.edu>,
	drew.adams@oracle.com
Subject: Re: `isearch-allow-scroll' - a misnomer and a bad design
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:27:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8Pv0iT_ZfR-rjt1AS0g9fcCKN66T+Q07nK+BLLfwzmcYo4Yg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110921090406.GA2537@acm.acm>

>> FWIW: Several people have expressed this idea, with which I agree.
>> C-u should do nothing by itself (and that includes not exiting
>> Isearch, of course).
>
> C-u is bound to a command, namely `universal-argument', and we do our
> users a disservice if we try to pretend otherwise.

I don't pretend otherwise, at all.  What you say does not conflict
with my point, AFAIU.

>> Its only effect should be to provide a prefix argument to the next
>> command, to extend its behavior.
>
> No.  When in isearch, it first exits isearch and then generates the
> prefix argument (4).  It exits isearch like (almost) any other
> non-character keysequence does.

I'm sorry, but I fail to see the need for C-u to do something (exit
Isearch) prematurely.  As I said, I would be much better to wait for
the "real" command before deciding what to do.  That makes a lot more
sense to me. YMMV.


-- 
Dani Moncayo



  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-21  9:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-09 20:38 `isearch-allow-scroll' - a misnomer and a bad design Drew Adams
2011-09-09 21:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-09 23:07   ` Drew Adams
2011-09-10  0:58     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-10  7:48       ` Drew Adams
2011-09-10 11:28       ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-10 16:44         ` Drew Adams
2011-09-10 11:47       ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-10 12:13         ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-10  2:03     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-09-10 11:10     ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-10 16:43       ` Drew Adams
2011-09-10 19:04         ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-10 20:22           ` PJ Weisberg
2011-09-10 23:06             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-09-11  0:47           ` Drew Adams
2011-09-11 10:39     ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-11 16:54       ` Drew Adams
2011-09-11 17:30         ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-11 18:53           ` Drew Adams
2011-09-12  2:46             ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-12  9:36               ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-13  1:39                 ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-13 14:27                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-13 20:05                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-13 21:04                       ` Drew Adams
2011-09-13 22:52                         ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-14  0:32                           ` Daniel Colascione
2011-09-14  0:41                             ` Drew Adams
2011-09-14 14:10                               ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-14 14:35                                 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-09-15  4:11                                   ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-14 14:44                                 ` Drew Adams
2011-09-18  2:52                                   ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-19 19:08                                     ` chad
2011-09-20 15:16                                       ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-20 19:17                                         ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2011-09-20 19:59                                           ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-21  1:22                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-21 14:51                                               ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-21 15:01                                                 ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-21 15:10                                                 ` Drew Adams
2011-09-21 16:35                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
     [not found]                                                   ` <E1R6Tii-0000zy-Jw@f!! encepost.gnu.org>
2011-09-21 20:48                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-21 21:13                                                     ` Drew Adams
2011-09-22 13:58                                                       ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-08 21:13                                                       ` Drew Adams
2011-09-22  5:33                                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-09-22 13:59                                                       ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-22 10:35                                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-22 21:44                                                       ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-22 22:23                                                         ` PJ Weisberg
2011-09-23 12:30                                                           ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-21  9:04                                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-21  9:27                                               ` Dani Moncayo [this message]
2011-09-21  9:29                                               ` chad
2011-09-21 13:22                                               ` Drew Adams
2011-09-21 14:50                                             ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-12 14:59               ` Drew Adams

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